[OSM-newbies] Private Street

[Johannes Huesing]

Stephen Johnson <earthstephen at yahoo.com> [Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 05:58:06AM CET]:
> I have run across a couple of roads that are designated on the road sign as "Private Street".  I think this is a jurisdictional designation.  By that I mean I think these are streets on the edge of the city limits that are not in the city and therefore are privately maintained.  One of these streets had a sign that said "City Maintenance Ends".  My question is should these roads have the designation "access:private" when they are really no more private than any other residential street.

access=private is definitely wrong, as others have pointed out. My first idea would be using the operator-tag. To quote from the Wiki: "maybe also streets maintained by private companies where a fee is required". Why not mention the owner even if no fee is required.

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